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10-17-22 | Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Public Law

Peace, Order and Good Government to Uphold the Carbon Pricing Regime in Canada

Several professors from the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa intervened in the References re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act before the Supreme Court of Canada. In this post, meet Professor David Robitaille who represented the Centre québécois du droit de l’environnement (CQDE) and Équiterre as an intervener to argue the national interest doctrine.

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10-04-22 | Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Public Law

Carbon Pricing Series: A Climate Justice and Feminist Perspective

Several professors from the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa intervened in the References re: Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act before the Supreme Court of Canada. In this video, Professor Nathalie Chalifour speaks about her role as an intervener alongside Professor Anne Levesque as they co-represented Friends of the Earth and the National Association of Women in the Law (NAWL) to bring a climate justice and feminist argument before the Court.

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09-13-22 | Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Public Law

Arguing the Economic Side of Carbon Pricing

Several professors from the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa intervened in the References re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act before the Supreme Court of Canada. This video features Professor Stewart Elgie, an expert in law and economics, who represented Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission as an intervener before the Supreme Court to argue that carbon and pollution pricing are among the most effective ways to counter today’s pressing environmental problems.

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07-07-22 | Student Projects

The Presence and Realities of Women in the Legal Profession

Women are entering the legal profession in increasing numbers, but what about their place in it? Three students explore the changing role of women and the barriers that remain in the legal profession.

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